So, I returned from London on Saturday.  It was very tiring, but good for morale.  We arrived on Sunday evening, having taken the train down.

On Monday we visited the Tower of London and pottered around there most of the day.  There are lots of unexpected points of interest - they've got a lot of arms and armour on display at the moment, and one ( Read more... )

I've generally not found heart surgery and the subsequent recovery as objectionable as might be imagined. I'm not saying that I've found it enjoyable, but it seems generally to be the sort of thing with which I am well equipped to cope.  Being the lazy soul that I am, I have appreciated catching up with reading and being able to put my feet up, ( Read more... )

Opiates and opioids sound fun, until you become acquainted with their side effects.

I've come off the tramadol once already and had to go back on them due to inflamed ribs - hopefully after the next day or two I won't need them again for a while.

www.stupidvideos.com/flash_games/Doodle_God/

If you start playing it, you'll probably have to play it to completion. 

From the sublime and ridiculous to the merely ridiculous. I have pictures of my Rogue Trader era venerable dreadnought.


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Every time I hear the opening notes of the theme, I cannot help but smile.  My parents bought me the complete boxed set of the radio series for my birthday and I have just (bonus disc notwithstanding) listened to the final episode, having listened to all five phases in full.

I've listened to the original two series, which were HHGttG's earliest ( Read more... )

Well, perhaps "woes" is too strong a word, but certainly I'm having difficulties.  The painting is coming along slowly but surely, with a tactical squad and a dreadnought (a rogue trader era dreadnought, in fact:  septimus-rivit.livejournal.com/138362.html, of which more photos in the next day or two) and I am also working on a Master of the Forge ( Read more... )

Anyone who can submit orders promptly every few days is welcome to be said player. 

The last few months have seen some interesting changes to my appearance, although not where people generally see.  I've had open heart scars since 1987, so I would feel odd without them, and in fact would under no circumstances choose to get rid of them, but it is still a little disquieting when the familiar pale white lines and dots become freshly ( Read more... )

By the next time I go into hospital, I would like to have painted:

• 1000pts of marines, and I'm over half way already.  I'm currently working on a tactical squad, which is boring but necessary.  Next, get the three dreadnoughts I have in various stages of incompleteness painted up and ready to go, and get a Master of the Forge converted.  
• 1000pts of ( Read more... )